NKJV Notetakers Bible

Finally, a hardcover Bible that has plenty of room for taking notes during public or private worship, small group fellowships, or any other time or place you feel the need to make comments on the Bible. No more cramped writing in tiny margins—the NKJV Note-Takers Bible makes it easy to stay organized and neat. Personalize the text of God's Word to your life as never before, and treasure this record of your spiritual journey. Includes the complete text of the popular New King James Version

Features:

• Deluxe wide margins for note takers
• Complete NKJV text
• Double column text for easy reading
• Words of Christ in red letter

This is a great Bible for those who love to take notes.  The margins are wide, so that you can make notes as you read, or listen to preachers or teachers.   The NKJV is a version that everyone knows and is accepted everywhere.   It is a red letter edition, which I enjoy.

It comes in hardcover which will endure a lot of wear and tear, as well as being attractive to the eye; slim and light weight so you can carry it anywhere.

What would I change?   Font size for starters, it is a bit tiny for weaker eyes.   I did notice cross references at the bottom of the page, but a concordance is missing and so are maps.  These two items can be necessary for the serious Bible scholar.

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Permission to Doubt

From the Publisher:

In her new book, Ann offers a candid look at the moment her faith and reason collided. Blindsided by doubts, following a thirteen-year struggle with an undiagnosed panic disorder, Ann learned several valuable lessons. Never shy away from the big questions. Always follow the evidence to its logical conclusion. And genuine truth doesn't buckle under the bright lights of interrogation.

Permission to Doubt identifies three types of doubt -- spiritual, emotional, and intellectual -- and develops unique strategies to recognize and understand each. It also details practical step-by-step solutions in which faith can be reinforced in the midst of our struggle.

Ann takes a good look at faith, and how it can be threatened, and teaches us how we can make it grow.  She uses examples from her own life, which we can relate to, everyone at one time may have had some doubt.  

There are some good points that many can relate to; we all have times when we wonder where God is, or what is He doing.  What we have to remember is that He is all powerful and all knowing.  We should not second guess Him, but delve into the scriptures, when those times of doubt come our way, 

This was an easy to read book, I encourage those that have any form of doubt to read this book.

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Chasing the Butterfly

In Chasing the Butterfly, debut fiction author Jayme H. Mansfield writes about forgiveness and love.  We are brought back to the year 1931, from a vineyard in the south of France to the sophisticated city of Paris, Ella Moreau searches for the hope and love she lost as a young girl when her mother abandoned the family. Ella's journey is portrayed through a heartbroken child, a young woman's struggles during the turbulent times surrounding World War II and the effects of her mother’s abandonment.

Ella escapes her feelings by painting, and becomes a very gifted artist, and she paints from her heart, many of her paintings reflecting her own life.

What I enjoyed about this novel, is that it is very God centered, and each chapter is written in the perspective of the character that is being introduced.   This is a wonderful novel, and I would definitely read more of Ms. Mansfields writings.

  I received this book free from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review and the opinions I have expressed are my own. I am  disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Salt, Light and Cities on Hills

 Evangelism and social responsibility; what is our responsibility as a church today?    Evangelism and social action are to be coordinated, as it is modeled in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew.     When we look back in the church history who looked after the widows and the orphans?   It was the church, not social programs like today.

When we accept Christ, we are received into the kingdom of God and must not just pursue to display our faith, not just by spreading the word, but by action also.     In James 2:18-26 “Faith without works is dead” Matt.  25:35-40 “Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it for me”.

So, the question is how?  We can give directly through our actions, or we can support programs like the one the author mentions, OXFAM, but I think that we should as Christians, support Christian based charities such as: Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago.  We can so things like this for just pennies a day.

Mr. Tinker has written a book, that is teaching us about our social responsibility as a Christian.  He asks us to explore the thought, is it possible to co-ordinate evangelism and social action in such a way that it reflects faithfully the pattern of the New Testament; enabling each to reinforce the other while avoiding the extremes of exclusive gospel proclamation on the one hand and the collapsing of evangelism into social action on the other?

 This book is written for the church leader, and covers issues with Biblical texts.  He has done a thorough research, and even gives some personal background in the book.

All in all it is a good book, but I found it was all information and no illustration, or ways to apply the information.

I received this book free from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review and the opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”